No fuzzy math for the folks of St. Henry Catholic Church this time around. No sir.

A couple of decades ago, the rural Le Center church celebrated its 126th anniversary. Reason? The 125th year of its existence came and went with no one noticing.

What’s more, 43 years earlier parishioners feted the church’s 83rd anniversary.

83rd? 126th?

Church member Loren Riebel just shrugged.

“We’re not too fussy,” he said by way of explaining the curious chronologies.

But they won’t get fooled again.

On July 12, picnicking will commence, softball games will be played, and the church’s 133-year-old bell will clang, telling one and all that St. Henry’s has reached the nice round age of 150.

Lord knows it’s not easy keeping a country church afloat, but the congregation has done it with moxie and good fortune.

“Financially we’re fine — no debts,” Riebel said. “We’re hanging in there.”

St. Henry’s numbers 50 to 60 families. Maybe.

“Depends on how you count,” said church member Karl Germscheid, who figures the tally is more like 40 families.

St. Henry’s lost its pastor several years ago, but his duties were fortuitously taken up by the Rev. Chris Schofner of St. Mary’s Catholic in Le Center.

Schofner conducts St. Henry’s sole weekly mass 8 a.m. Sundays. That time may not play well with young churchgoers, but that’s a moot point because St. Henry’s congregants skew elderly.

Many, such as Dick Wieland, possess multi-generational lineage to the church two miles west of Le Center.